Round 2 ... Fight!

DC Sports Nexus ---- Wednesday, April 25, 2012

I knew Joel Ward worked here...I just didn't exactly know what he DID here...

The Caps beat the Bruins in OT in game 7 in Boston, which according to news reports all week was so anti-history. The Caps should be ashamed for treating history like a b**ch!

Joel Ward, who maybe did 2 semi-rememberable things the entire season, CRASHED THE NET and scored the game winner. The Caps will now play one of like 30 teams, but who really cares.

The Caps offense under Dale Hunter doesn't get many shots on goal and doesn't feature the "best" player Ovechkin, but somehow it won a playoff series.

The game went back & forth momentum wise and I just about had 100 heart attacks. I was yelling at Holtby like he was my son. I was firing Dale Hunter. I was cutting Knuble. I was playing GM and blowing up the roster. But I forgot about all that....

Thank you Jesus Joel Ward Shuttleswerth...

Note to everyone who told me I picked the wrong season to follow the Caps, and who told me I was bad luck, can EAT IT! LOL!

The Caps squad isn't that dominant but clearly the fans boycotts, playoff beards (or attempted beards for those of us who can't grow hair on our faces), gifs, jpegs, pngs, youtubes, and tweets helped will the puck into the net in the final seconds.

I was standing in my basement shirtless because I ripped it off after the goal went in. I was flexing like Hulk Hogan. And now I'm typing this...I can't even think. More to come later...

The Origins Of This Blog: Prior to this season I had only watched a handful of hockey games. I never really liked watching hockey and I pretty much hated the NHL. Coming in I knew the basics of the game from playing NHL '94 back in the day, but wasn't really aware of how the game really worked. I didn't know half the penalties, I didn't know that a few teams existed or didn't exist, and I was easily frustrated by many things that happened in the NHL. (Icing, Trapezoids, Biscuits, Twigs, Blue Jackets, Plus/Minus, Goons...AHHHH) However, when my beloved NBA was in danger of being locked out for an entire season, that was my cue to force myself to watch something that I previously semi-despised. That brings us to today. I am now a die hard Capitals fan...I now know a bit about hockey...but I still have a long way to go.